Davis Cup – World Group Teams Men
Italy – Netherlands: 15.09.2024 15:00 CEST
H2H: 2-0
1st potential matchup:
Flavio Cobolli – Tallon Griekspoor
Flavio and Tallon are the best ranked players for Italy and the Netherlands. This meeting will be played indoors on hard. Cobolli reached the third round of the US Open, when he lost against Medvedev in straight sets as we predicted. Flavio lost his opening Davis Cup match against Bergs in three tight sets. So far this season, Tallon has had some solid results, but has been inconsistent lately on the tour. In his opening Davis Cup match, Tallon lost against Bergs in three sets. Yesterday, against Monteiro, Tallon won in easy straight sets as we predicted.
We believe that Griekspoor will have a great chance against Cobolli under these conditions. Talllon loves to play indoors, which he showed many times this year.
That being said, we believe that Griekspoor will win the first match for the Netherlands.
2nd potential matchup:
Matteo Arnaldi – Botic Van de Zandschulp
Matteo and Botic are the second best ranked players for Italy and the Netherlands. Arnaldi reached the third round of the US Open, where he lost against Thompson in straight sets. Just shortly before the US Open, Arnaldi reached the semifinals in Montreal, losing against Rublev in straight sets. Arnaldi won his opening match against Monteiro in three tight sets. Van de Zandschulp reached the third round of the US Open, where he lost against Draper in straight sets. En route to the third round, Van de Zandschulp upset Shapovalov and Alcaraz in straight sets, and surprised everyone. Botic won his match yesterday against Collignon in straight sets as we predicted. After that, Van de Zandschulp lost against Fonseca in straight sets.
Botic is a more experienced player than Arnaldi. He is also a better hard-court player at this moment, so we believe that he will win this match easily.
That being said, we believe that Van de Zandschulp will get the second win for the Netherlands.
3rd potential matchup:
Vavassori/Bolelli – Van de Zandschulp/Koolhof
We expect Italy and the Netherlands to play their doubles matches like this. Vavassori and Bolelli have been playing together for a longer time. They had some great results this season, such as reaching the final at the French Open. In their last match together against Gille and Vliegen, Bolelli and Vavassori defeated Gille and Vliegen as we predicted. Van de Zandschulp and Koolhof lost their opening match against Gille and Vliegen. However, in their last match, they stepped up and won against the Brazilians in straight sets.
We believe that Vavassori and Bolelli are in better form at this moment. They are both great doubles players, so we believe that they will get the job done.
Best Bet to Make
The Dutch have better singles players, which will prevail in this matchup. We believe that they are better under these conditions, and that they will get the job done after their singles matches.
The Netherlands winning 2-1 is a value bet.
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